Splitkick - The Drunken Paladin

With every video game comes the people who are in it for the gold. They pour every moment they’ve got into reading strategies, watching videos and practicing combos so that they can min/max their character and be better than the next person. Those people who spend hours trying to be the best of the best get the satisfaction of winning, a brief and fleeting feeling that leads them to where? Usually it’s to the next euphoric win, but who are these people and why do they play that way for something that doesn’t amount to anything?